Kō Nishimura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-01-25
Day of Death
1997-04-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Kō Nishimura
Biography
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Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura).
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Known For
Acting
(2002)
(1995)
(1994)
(1994)
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
The Men Who Made Ultraman
as Eiji Tsuburaya
(1988)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Makoto Nishimura
(1986)
(1984)
The Detective
as Senkichi Otsubo
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
A Hunter's Diary
as Kentaro Hatanaka
(1983)
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as 岸井亥之吉
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
The Old Bear Hunter
as Heizo Sekiguchi
(1981)
(1980)
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
Nutcracker Fantasy
as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
(1979)
(1979)
Down with The Big Boss
as Glass-Eating Mime
(1979)
The Strangling
as Yasuzo Kariba
(1978)
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Shigetomi Katta
(1978)
Love and Faith
as Sojin Kamiya
(1978)
The Incident
as Goichi Ômura
(1978)
(1978)
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
as Mamo (voice)
(1977)
Hokuriku Proxy War
as Mr. Yasuhara
(1977)
Japan's Don
as Kahe Shimabara
(1977)
(1976)
Manhunt
as Nagaoka Ryokai
(1976)
(1976)
Elegy
as Nobuhisa Hyodo
(1975)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
as Kenpeishi
(1975)
(1975)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
as Tokuji Owada
(1975)
(1974)
(1974)
The Family
as Sentaro Watanuki
(1974)
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
(1974)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Old bean-seller
(1973)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
(1973)
Lady Snowblood
as Priest Dokai
(1973)
(1973)
Tsugaru Folksong
as Tamezo Tsukamoto
(1973)
(1972)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
Play It Cool
as Kada
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
Quick-draw Okatsu
as Makabe
(1969)
(1969)
Second Generation Young Boss
as Yanosuke Hashimoto
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Lady with Seven Faces
as Printer
(1969)
The Wild Sea
as Munekata
(1969)
Black Rose Mansion
as Ex-husband
(1969)
(1968)
(1968)
Samaritan Zatoichi
as Sosuke Saruya
(1968)
Black Lizard
as Detective Matoba
(1968)
Snake Woman's Curse
as Yasuke
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
The Bride from Hades
as Banzou
(1968)
(1968)
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
as Policeman on Island
(1968)
Living Skeleton
as Nishizato
(1967)
Eleven Samurai
as Errant samurai Daijuro
(1967)
A Killer's Key
as Yasujiro Endo
(1967)
Classmates
as Hanada
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Zatoichi the Outlaw
as Uneshiro Suga
(1967)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Itakura
(1967)
Samurai Wolf II
as Magobe
(1967)
(1967)
Whispering Joe
as Man
(1966)
The Pornographers
as Detective Sanada
(1966)
The Sword of Doom
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
(1966)
Rub Out the Past
as Tanzo Koide
(1966)
The Threat
as Kawanishi
(1966)
(1966)
Rise Against the Sword
as Etanba
(1966)
(1965)
Red Beard
as Chief retainer
(1965)
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as 今川義元
(1965)
House of Terrors
as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
(1965)
(1965)
Tale of Ninja Duty
as Chisaka Hyobu
(1965)
(1965)
Stairs of Evil
as Shimoyama
(1965)
The Retreat from Kiska
as Staff Officer
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Tahei Narumiya
(1964)
Warrior of the Wind
as Mizuno Izumi
(1964)
The Desperate
as Yamaguchi
(1964)
Intentions of Murder
as Koichi Takahashi
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
The Scarlet Camellia
as Sakichi
(1964)
(1964)
The Glamorous Ghost
as Hiroshi Asami
(1964)
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
as Enzo Tatara
(1963)
High and Low
as Third Creditor
(1963)
Miren
as Okazaki
(1963)
(1963)
Tale of Army Brutality
as Kameoka, Zenji
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
13 Assassins
as Kujuro Hirayama
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Chubei
(1963)
(1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yamaoka
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Escape from Hell
as Heiroku
(1963)
(1963)
Doggie March
as Killer (voice)
(1962)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Kizaru
(1962)
Gorath
as Murata - Secretary of Space
(1962)
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Mokudō Kida
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Yamiya
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Tokyo Bay
as Noboru Sumikawa
(1962)
Four Sisters
as Michiharu Mitsumine
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Kuma
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Yajima
(1961)
Killers on Parade
as Sai
(1961)
Zero Focus
as Sotaro Uhara
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Tale of a Company Boss 3
as Hanada
(1961)
(1961)
Blind Devotion
as Denroku
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Contract Officer Shirai
(1960)
(1960)
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
as Yang Sanyuan
(1960)
Wait for Tomorrow
as Uno
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Intimidation
as Matakichi Nakaike
(1960)
The Call of the Foghorn
as Morimoto
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
as Okudaira
(1960)
Everything Goes Wrong
as Nishimura
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
My Second Brother
as Goro Mitamura
(1959)
The Wild Reporter
as Ryu Konei
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Stolen Desire
as Kanji Takada
(1958)
Endless Desire
as Pharmacist
(1958)
(1958)
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Tominaga
(1958)
The Ballad of Narayama
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Crimson Wings
as Tetsuji Mizutani
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Drunken Ghost
as Daigorô
(1958)
(1958)
The Seasons of Love
as Reporter
(1957)
(1957)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kiyami no Shinko
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Who's the Real Killer
as Nakagawa
(1957)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Hikobei
(1957)
But the Flesh is Weak
as Acupressurist
(1957)
(1957)
The Temptress and the Monk
as Peasant
(1956)
The Burmese Harp
as Baba
(1956)
(1956)
Fountainhead
as Kasuya
(1956)
(1956)
Frankie the Milkman
as Tax Collector
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
The Street Without Sun
as Extraordinary detective
(1953)